Dispensing-urn.



H. D. KELLY.

DISPENSING URN. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1912.

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H. D. KELLY.

DISPENSING URN. APPLIUATION FILED 12113.12, 1912,

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HENRY D. KELLY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

DISPENSING-URN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

Application led February 12, 1912. Serial No. 677,143.

To all whom it may concern: f

Be it known that I, HENRY D. KELLY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, inthe county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dispensing-Urns, ofwhich the following is a specification. f'

This invention relates to dispensing urns for liquids, and has for itsobject to produce a device of this character having -a faucet formeasuring and delivering fixed quantities of the contents of the urn,the urn being designed chiefly asa dispenser of cream in restaurantswhere it is customary to pour the cream into the coffee beforedelivering the latter to the customer.

Another object is "to produce an urn equipped with a faucet having ameasuring plug-member normally closed to the charging passage and opento the spout of the faucet and adapted when moved in one direction tosuccessively close and open said spout and charging passagerespectively, and when moved back to its original positi-'on tosuccessively close and open said charging passage and spoutrespectively.

Another object is to produce an urn-liaving faucet-actuated means forthoroughly stirring or agitating the contents of the urn prio-r to theopening up of communication between the urn and faucet.

With these general objects and others of a subsidiary character in view,the invention `consists in certain novel and peculiar features ofconstruction and, or anization as hereinafter described and claimed; andin 'order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1, is a central vertical sectionof an urn embodying the invention, designed chiefly for dispensingmeasured quantities of cream. Fig.2, is an enlarged vertical section 'ofthe faucet, a portion of the urn, the liquid gage, and a combined venttube and shaft. Fig.l 3,is a plan view ofvpart of the faucet. Fig. 4, isa top plan view of the urn with itscover omitted. Fig. 5, is a rear viewof the urn with its shell partly broken away to disclose parts4otherwise hidden. Fig. 6, is a perspective view cfa-bearing bracketforming part of thedevice. Fig. 7, is a perspective view of a spl-ashtop for the. chamber charged with tlfeJ liquid to be dispensed.

In the said drawings, 1 is the shell of an urn, preferably equipped withlegs 2 and a cover 3', and arranged concentrically within said shell isa cylinder 4, constituting a lining for the shell, thespace between thelshell and lining being filled with cork5 or its equivalent, forinsulation purposes. The interior of the urn is divided by a U-shapedpartition 6, into a water and ice chamber 7,

and a cream chamber 8, and the latter has a bottom 9, sloping downwardto the point of discharge, as hereinafter more particularly referred to,and providedwith a socket 10.

The cream chamber has a removable top 11, to prevent cream splashing outwhen stirred or agitated, and said: splash top is equipped with a funnel12, through which cream can be readily poured into'chamber 8, and isbifurcated or slotted at 13 to accommodate a vertical shaft 14jo-urnaled at its lower end in socket 10 and at its upper end in aT-shapedl bracket 15, resting upon the splash top, and a pair of lugs16, projecting outwardly from opposite sides of the f U- shapedpartition, and to retain the bracket reliably in place and provide forits quick removal, it is provided with notches 1 7 restub shaft 23projecting upward from thel bracket 15. U

Communicating with chamber 8 at its point of discharge is a faucethaving a receiving passage 24, a hollow body 25, and a spout 26, thelatter communicating with the said body in a lower plane than the saidreceiving passage. The body has the customary shoulders or stops 27, and28, for engagement by stop pin 29, of the faucet plug 3Q, arranged toturn in the body. This plug is hollow and adapted to hold apredetermined quantity of cream, and is provided with a receiving port31 in the horizontal plane of passage24 and a delivery port 32 intheplane of the spout'. The plug is provided with the customary handle d33and with a tubular shaft 34 for transmitting power through a. gear wheel35, on its upper. end, to gear wheel 22 and forming a continuation ofair vent passage 3.6*of the plug.

The upper end of' shaft 34 is iournaled in a bracket 37, secured to theshell and quantity of cream in chamber 8, and a similar gage 41, shownonly in plan, Fig. 4, is employed to indicate the level of the water inchamber 7 and to guardagainst overilling said chamber 7, it is providedwith an overflow pipe 42, a pipe 43 connected to a house-pipe not shown,being employed as a means for quickly filling chamber 7. Ice can beintroduced into chamber 7 to maintain the cream at the proper temerature.

To drain the Water from tie urn, a drain pipe 44 extends from theoverliow pipe into chamber A7 and is-controlled by a valve 45.

Assuming the chamber 8 is charged with cream and that an attendantdesires some for a cup of coffee, he turns the handle 33 from thefull-line position to the dotted line position, Fig. 4, and thus,through the instrumentality of shaft 34 and the gearing described,rapidly revolves the shaft 14 and thoroughly stirs or agitates the creamin chamber 8, the blades shown tending to produce opposing countercurrents in the cream to insure violent agitation. Just before the saidmovement of the handle ends, cream begins to enter the hollow plugthrough port 31 thereof registering with passage 24, the fillingoperation being completed by the time stop-pin 29 strikes shoulder 28,it being noted that the air is vented from the plug during this fillingthereof and that communication between the plug and the spout is closed.Upon the return of the vhandle to its initial posit-ion, the cream isagain agitated and communication is closed between spout into the codeccup or other receptacle. From the foregoing it will beA seen that tionof the valve 'carrying shaft.

an urn possessing the features of advantage enumerated as desirable willbe found useful in many situations and particularly in restaurants, asby its use each customer will receive an equal quantity (lf-cream ofuniform quality.

I claim:

1. A dispensing urn provided with a faucet casing, having a receivingpassage communica-ting with the interior of the urn, and a dischargeopening exterior of the urn, a. hollow valve plug provided with openingsfor communicating alternatelywith' said receiving passage and dischargeopening, said plugbein movable about a vertical axis wit-hin said casingand provided with an axial opening in its upper end for maintainingconstant communication between the interior of thev plug and the outsideair.

2. A dispensing urn having a` faucet pro- 'vided externally of theurn'with a hollow valve plug Imounted to rotate about avertical 4axis,said valve plug having an axial opening in its upper end, a verticaltubular shaft ,connected to said valve plug in communica- .tion withsaid opening, said shaft being open at its upper end to provide constantaccess or' air to t-he interior of said valve plug, a

'shaft extending vertically inside the urn and carrying |agit-'atingblades, and gear con,- nections between said shafts whereby rotaplugoperates the blade 3. A dispensing urn having a faucet pro- 4videdexternally of the urn with a rotary valve plug, a shaft connected tosaid valve plug, a vshaft extending through the urn and carryingagitating blades, and gear connections between said shafts whereby ro-`tation of the valvev plug rotates the blade carrying shaft.

HENRY D. KELLY.

Vitnesses:

H. C. Revenus, G. Y. vTHoRPn.

